Key facts
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Right ascension
- 23 19 04.7753
- Declination
- −08 ° 29 ′ 06.322 ″
- Redshift
- 0.007442 ± 0.000017
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 2231 ± 5 km / s
- Distance
- 98.53 ± 4.00 Mly (30.209 ± 1.226 Mpc )
- Type
- SA(s)b
- Size
- ~201,100 ly (61.66 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 5.4′ × 2.2′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Distance from Earth
- 32
- Image
- N7606s.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 7606
- galaxy morphological type
- SAb
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-09-28
- catalog code
- LEDA 71047
- apparent magnitude
- 10.815
- radial velocity
- 2206
- right ascension
- 349.7700208
- declination
- -8.4851389
- redshift
- 0.007448
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 7606 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Aquarius. It is located at a distance of about 100 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7606 is about 200,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on September 28, 1785. The galaxy is included in the Herschel 400 Catalogue. It lies 45 arcminutes northeast from psi2 Aquarii. It can be seen with a 4 inch telescope but its visibility is greatly affected by light pollution.
Characteristics
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